Palestinian Authority & Gaza Strip

"Israel proposed an outline whereby the money from Qatar will be allotted via coupons instead of cash, and we do not agree to that," says a senior Hamas official.

The measure is based on a 2018 law under which Israel can deduct tax revenues it collects on behalf of the PA in order to prevent them from reaching terrorists.

Those receiving funds will receive cards for withdrawing money from the PA postal bank using ATM machines. The PA's "pay-for-slay" policy is a widely condemned practice that takes a growing cut of Ramallah's budget – funded by donor countries in the West and the Arab world – every year.

In its footnotes on four of 18 textbooks the EU sought to belatedly include in the study, researchers from the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research in Germany noted they had been unable to locate the books in the PA education system's digital library.

Report released this week by international body says 11-day operation in May caused $190 million in economic losses, and demolished or damaged over 4,000 homes in Gaza.

Speaking during a meeting in Ramallah with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas also praises Canada’s "opposition to the expansion of Israeli colonial settlements."

The United Nations will ensure that the monetary aid is distributed through banks that are not under Hamas rule, Palestinian sources say.

Demonstrators hope to inject new momentum into a protest movement sparked by the death of outspoken Palestinian Authority critic Nizar Banat while in the custody of security forces last month.

Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, says Palestinian Authority security forces used force last weekend against initially peaceful protesters, "including beating them with batons and firing teargas and stun grenades."